When an aid agency or donor organization consults with community leaders or representatives, they often ask if the community wants a project. That answer is likely to be, "Yes."

Many people, when they hear the phrase, community participation. They assume it only means community contribution.

One of the most important bits of wisdom to learn is that when we see something wrong, to _______it usually does not make it right, or correct the problem.

The ____________ is an attitude and belief that a group can not solve its own problems without outside help. It is a weakness that is made worse by charity.

Many people assume that development means __________.

It is expensive, more humane, and more productive for a society or community to prevent than to cure disease and to direct limited resources towards the treatment of a few common diseases.

________ is one of the five major factors of poverty. It comes with various labels, including corruption, embezzlement, extortion and theft.

The word "_________" is used to distinguish between two categories, "masculine" and "feminine."

To many, the word "_________" is an insult. What we mean is simply that some people do not know some things

Mobilization can be spelled "mobilise." Similar to social animation, except animation includes both the mobilizing and the organizing.

Also known as social animator.

_______ is a cultural symbol that everyone must believe in if it is to be useful.It can be used as a measure of wealth, a method of transferring or exchanging wealth, and a way to store wealth.

Poverty is more than a lack of money and income, more than lack of access to facilities and services such as water, roads, education or clinics

The word “________,” means to temporarily take away pain and discomfort.

The word "_____" means elimination of the social problem of poverty by analyzing its causes, and taking steps to oppose and remove those causes.

The word "_______" means to make something smaller

Social animation means to put some life ("anima") into a social institution such as a community

For some mobilizers, the authorities are seen as the "______" or "opposition" and see their task as organizing the poor communities to oppose those "oppressors."

Your goal for leaders (political and informal), administrators ("bureaucrats"), and technical experts ("technocrats") is to persuade them from being "providers" to becoming "oppressor of self help by the communities.

"Do not ask a cow to give you eggs; do not ask a chicken to give you ______."

It is important that, as a mobilizer, you are seen as neutral (like a referee), not allied to or favoring any faction.

Resistance produces strength; your arm muscles become strong when you do push-ups.If your muscles never meet resistance, they will grow weak. If you do too much for a community, it will not become stronger

A community has the partial right (and responsibility) to determine its own future.

While there are many factors that contribute to strength, capacity, or empowerment, the one that most concerns a mobilizer is "organization."